Wind-insensitive missile

Claim 1

A FIN-STABILIZED, ATMOSPHERE-TRAVERSING MISSILE DISPOSED FOR FLIGHT IN A PREDETERMINED TRAJECTORY INCLUDING BOOSTER PROPULSION AND SUSTAINER PROPULSION PHASES OF FLIGHT, SAID MISSILE COMPRISING: A ROTARY HOUSING ASSEMBLY; FINS FIXED TO THE OUTSIDE OF SAID ASSEMBLY, EACH FIN BEING AT A SLIGHT ANGLE TO A PLANE THRU THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE MISSILE, WHEREBY THE MISSILE IS ARROW-STABILIZED, IS ROTATED AT A NON-GYROSCOPIC SPEED, AND THE ACCURACY-DISTURBING EFFECT OF THRUST MALALIGNMENT LARGELY IS BALANCED OUT; A BOOSTER WITHIN SAID HOUSING ASSEMBLY; THRUST TERMINATION MEANS DISPOSED FOR THRUST TERMINATION OF SAID BOOSTER AT A PREDETERMINED VELOCITY OF SAID MISSILE; A SUSTAINER WITHIN SAID ASSEMBLY; IGNITION MEANS FOR FIRING SAID SUSTAINER SUBSEQUENT TO BOOSTER THRUST TERMINATION; AN ACCELEROMETER MOUNTED SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE CENTER OF GRAVITY OF THE ROCKET, FOR PROVIDING AN ELECTRIC SIGNAL FOR SEQUENTIAL ACTUATION OF SAID BOOSTER THRUST TERMINATION MEANS AND SUSTAINER IGNITION MEANS, SAID ACCELEROMETER FURTHER DISPOSED FOR MEASURING THE AXIAL COMPONENT OF THE ACCELERATION DUE TO A CHANGE IN THE ALGEBRAIC SUM OF THE SUSTAINER''S THRUST AND THE MISSILE''S AERODYNAMIC DRAG DURING THE POSTBOOSTER-PROPULSION PHASE OF THE MISSILE''S FLIGHT AND FOR SUPPLYING A SIGNAL THAT IS A MEASURE OF SAID AXIAL COMPONENT OF THE ACCELERATION; DRAG BRAKES MOUNTED ON THE MISSILE FOR MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID HOUSING ASSEMBLY, INTO OR OUT OF SAID RELATIVE WIND, WHEREBY THE AERODYNAMIC DRAG OF THE MISSILE IN SAID WIND MAY BE VARIED; AND MEANS DRIVINGLY CONNECTING SAID MOTOR TO SAID ACCELEROMETER WHEREBY SAID MOTOR AND SAID DRAG BRAKES ARE OPERATED IN RESPONSE TO SAID SIGNAL.